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Sydney Innovation and Research Symposium
For over a decade this flagship event in Sydney Local Health District has sparked new ideas, fostered collaboration and inspired delegates.
In 2024, the Sydney Innovation and Research Symposium returned as a two day conference. Featuring inspiring speakers, snapshot sessions and panel conversations as well as crowd favourites like The Great Debate and The Big Idea.
With opportunities to tune in virtually or attend in person delegates were encouraged to Imagine. Transform. Lead.
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| Thursday 4 July 2024 | Friday 5 July 2024 |
| Concord Hospital Concord Medical Education Centre 1H Hospital Road Concord West View map |
Seymour Centre Corner City Road and Cleveland Street Chippendale View map |
| 8am–5pm | 8am–5pm |
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Day one program
| 8am |
Registration & Cuppa with a Colleague Enjoy Market Day from 9am on The Green |
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| 8.30am |
Welcome to Country Uncle Allan Murray, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council |
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Welcome Dr Stewart Condon, Director Medical Services, Concord Hospital |
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Chief Executive Address Graeme Loy PSM, Acting Chief Executive, Sydney Local Health District |
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Inspiration and Navigation: Advances in Lung Disease Diagnosis and Management Professor Matthew Peters, Head of Department, Respiratory and Thoracic Medicine Concord Hospital Lung Cancer Screening and Innovation in Diagnosis Associate Professor Tajalli Saghaie, Respiratory Physician, Interventional Pulmonologist; Associate Professor, Macquarie University; Deputy Director of Medical Services, Macquarie University Hospital
Endoscopic Therapy of Severe COPD Professor Alvin Ing, Professor, Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University; Clinical Program Head, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Program, MQ Health
Case presentation – Patient with Persistent Air Leak Managed with Endobronchial Valves and Other Innovative Strategies Clinical Associate Professor Lauren Troy, Senior Staff Specialist, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at RPA; Clinical Associate Professor, Central Clinical School of Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney with Dr Astrid Gardiner, Respiratory Advanced Trainee, RPA Hospital |
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The Future of Soft Tissue Reconstruction and Wound Closure: Robotic 3D Printing Skin at the Bedside Joanneke Maitz, Group Lead, Burns and Reconstructive Surgery Research Group; ANZAC Research Institute, Concord Hospital; Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney |
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Blood Clots and Strokes in Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Can Novel Assays Direct Therapy? Ibrahim Tohidi-Esfahani, ANZAC Research Institute |
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Home Grown Development-Pathways Helen Goldsack, Director Nursing Concord Hospital |
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| 10.30am | Morning Tea |
| 11am |
Diverse Patients, Populations and Approaches Professor Meng Ngu OAM, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Concord Hospital ANZAC Research Institute; Clinical Associate Professor, Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney; Co-Chair MDOK Concord Hospital In conversation with Dr Stewart Condon, Director Medical Services, Concord Hospital |
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Towards Culturally Accessible Research Dr Abhijit Pal, Medical Oncology Staff Specialist Bankstown and Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Local Health District; Chair of the Bankstown Hospital Research Committee and Director of Advanced Training, Liverpool Hospital |
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Digital as a Platform for Health Equity Dr Simon Kos, Chief Medical Officer, Microsoft Australia New Zealand |
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| 12pm |
Innovation through Integration: Delivering on Comprehensive Care for our Veterans Facilitated by Dr Cameron Korb-Wells, Medical Director, National Centre for Veterans' Healthcare Dr Huw Davie, Head of Department, Concord Drug Health Services Dr Tze Chow Chow, Pain Specialist and Consultant Anaesthetist Melissa Tjakrawisada, Clinical Psychologist, NCVH |
| 1pm |
Enjoy Concord Hospital’s Market Day on The Green Special Performance – Brolga Dance Group |
| 1.30pm |
Student Solutions Sprint Facilitated by Professor Victoria Cogger, Director, ANZAC Research Institute |
Day two program
Session One – Transforming Healthcare
| 8am | Cuppa with a Colleague & Exhibition |
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| 8.30am |
Welcome & Opening Titles Professor Michael Hensley, Director Medical Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital |
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Welcome to Country Brendan Kerin, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council |
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Secretary Address Susan Pearce AM, Secretary, NSW Health |
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Dental Smiles: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow – Celebrating 120 years of Oral Health Innovation Associate Professor Shilpi Ajwani, Head, Oral Health Promotion and Oral Health Research, Sydney Dental Hospital and Oral Health Services, Sydney Local Health District; Clinical Associate Professor, Sydney Dental School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney; Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University |
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New South Wales Single Digital Patient Record Program Associate Professor Angus Ritchie, Clinical Director, Digital Health and Single Digital Patient Record, Followed by a Panel Discussion Dr Teresa Anderson AM, Chief Executive Single Digital Patient Record Implementation Authority Dr Mitchel Krieger, Chief Medical Information Officer, Stamford Health, Stamford Connecticut Dean Hewson, Health Care Consumer, Vice-President Healthcare Consumers Association |
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AI Based Clinical Speech Recognition for Improved Patient Care, Clinical Satisfaction and the Electronic Health Record Optimisation Brian Zimmerman, Chief Medical Information Officer, Microsoft-Nuance |
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Energising our ICU, Energy Pod Associate Professor Mark Kol, Head of Department, Intensive Care, Concord Hospital |
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| 10.30am | Morning Tea |
Session Two – Symposium Snapshot Sessions
Symposium Snapshot Sessions return to the program in 2024, take your pick of the 15 minute presentations in either the York or Everest theatres from 11am.
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York Theatre |
Everest Theatre |
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| Facilitated by Professor Ron Trent, Director, Institute Precision Medicine and Bioinformatics, Clinical Director, Department of Medical Genomics, RPA, Conjoint professor of Medical Molecular Genetics, Central Clinical School | Facilitated by Sarah Whitney, Director, Allied Health, Sydney Local Health District | |
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Fatigue in Relapsing MS EBV Treatment Trial (FIRMS EBV) Associate Professor Todd Hardy, |
Long-Term Machine Perfusion of Human Organs: A New Model for Regenerative and Translational Research Associate Professor Carlo Pulitano, Hepatobiliary, Upper Gastrointestinal, Transplant and Robotic Surgeon |
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AI-based Precision Management in Neurological Disease Professor Michael Barnett, Brain and Mind Institute, RPA Hospital |
The eMR Data Lake: From Data Swamp to Reporting Oasis
Dr Thomas Hambly, Medical Informatics Registrar, Sydney Local Health District |
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RSV – and the Vulnerable Babies Program Dr Therese Marfori, Staff Specialist, Public Health Unit, Sydney Local Health District |
MyeNurse: A Person Centred Clinical Research Model Tracy King, Myeloma Clinical Nurse Consultant, RPA; Clinical Associate Professor Cancer Care Research Unit, University of Sydney |
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Don’t Fall for Me! – A focus on Allied Health Research, Innovation and Translation Professor Cathie Sherrington, Deputy Director, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney Local Health District; Co-chair, Musculoskeletal Clinical Academic Group, Sydney Health Partners |
I Feel Like a Baby Wearing a Nappy… It’s Embarrassing. Incontinence Associated Dermatitis Dr Michelle Barakat-Johnson, Executive Research and Clinical Lead Skin Integrity; Nurse Manager, Skin Integrity, Founder Wound Care Command CentreTM ; HAC Pressure Injury Coordinator, Sydney Local Health District; Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney; Visiting Research Fellow, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield |
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Combatting a Deadly Legacy Dr Anthony Linton, Senior Staff Specialist Medical Oncology, Concord Hospital; Academic and Research Director, Asbestos and Dust Diseases Research Institute (ADDRI); Chairperson, Division of Medicine, Concord Hospital; Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney |
Vaping – The World Watches Australia Dr Leena Gupta, Clinical Director, Public Health |
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| Oral Insulin Manufacturing and Pathway to Clinical Trials Dr Nicholas Hunt, Senior Lecturer Research, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health; Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney Nano, The University of Sydney |
Hot Topic: Extreme Heat and Pregnancy Professor Adrienne Gordon, Senior Staff Specialist Neonatologist, RPA Newborn Care, Co-Chair, Sydney Institute for Women, Children and their Families, Sydney Local Health District, Clinical Professor, Discipline of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, Central Clinical School Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney |
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| Steps to Smiles: Implementation of a Caries Disease Management Protocol in NSW Dr Harleen Kumar, Head of Department Paediatric Dentistry, Sydney Dental Hospital and Oral Health Services; Clinical Senior Lecturer, School of Dentistry (Paediatric Dentistry), Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney |
Innovations in Menopause Management Dr Ying Lee, Visiting Medical Officer in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Advanced Endoscopic Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Followed by a panel discussion, facilitated by Sarah Whitney, Director Allied Health, Chief Allied Health Information Officer Dr Mike Lin, Endocrinology Staff Specialist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; PhD Candidate, Garvan Institute, St Vincent's Hospital, UNSW |
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Partnering with Patients for Research Dr Nicole Wong Doo, Senior Staff Specialist Haematologist, Director of Haematology Clinical Research Unit, Concord Hospital |
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| 1pm | Lunch & Exhibition | |
Session Three – Big Ideas
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In conversation with Professor John Simes AO: A Trailblazer in Innovative Research Facilitated by Professor Victoria Cogger, Director, ANZAC Research Institute |
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| Sydney Research and Clinical Trials Awards | |
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The Great Debate Sydney Local Health District vs. the University of Sydney |
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| Energise Moneisha McKenzie, Director Physical Wellbeing, My District Ok |
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| Toward Zero Deaths from Melanoma Professor Georgina Long AO and Professor Richard Scolyer AO, Co-Medical Directors, Melanoma Institute Australia |
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The Big Idea Hosted by Dr Joe Dusseldorp, Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse |
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Fireside Chat Professor Gerard Sutton, Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health, Save Sight Institute Dr Joe Dusseldorp, Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse |
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| Judges Announce Winner of The Big idea | |
| Closing Remarks | |
| 5pm | Networking Cocktail Event |